Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-4680
CVE-2023-4680
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise transit secrets engine allowed authorized users to specify arbitrary nonces, even with convergent encryption disabled. The encrypt endpoint, in combination with an offline attack, could be used to decrypt arbitrary ciphertext and potentially derive the authentication subkey when using transit secrets engine without convergent encryption. Introduced in 1.6.0 and fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, and 1.12.11.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo | >= 1.6.0, < 1.12.11 | 1.12.11 |
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo | >= 1.13.0, < 1.13.7 | 1.13.7 |
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo | >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.3 | 1.14.3 |
Affected products
12- osv-coords8 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/vault-1.13pkg:apk/chainguard/vault-1.13-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/vault-1.13-entrypointpkg:apk/wolfi/vault-1.13pkg:apk/wolfi/vault-1.13-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/vault-1.13-entrypointpkg:bitnami/vaultpkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault
< 1.13.7-r0+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.7-r0
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.6.0, < 1.12.11
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.6.0, < 1.12.11
- Range: 1.14.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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